Stone Ocean Final Opening Analysis - Heaven's Falling Down

Analyzing the final opening of the Stone Ocean anime, all of its hidden details, and how it pays homage to the series thus far.
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Intro: Crazy My Beat - Coda
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[@Foxy-r5g]

In Part 1, the manga panels started with jolyne. In part 6 it ends with jolyne. Truly poetic stuff.

[@mr_no0bthereal239]

yes, the jojo openings always predict how the part will go

[@Sannitaurus]

@@mr_no0bthereal239shut the fuck up hes right, just checked, the first part of Phantom Blood opening shows Jolene

[@mr_no0bthereal239]

@@Sannitaurus why the fuck should I shut the fuck up? Why toxic?

[@SubjectSigma18]

@@mr_no0bthereal239 Mad Sani wants attention

[@Dingdongfuggas]

bravo vince

[@strb_6062]

5:15 This Scene Is Also A Reference To The End Of SonoChinoSaDame Where Jonathan Hits Dio And The Camera Spins And Pulls Away From The Fight. This Opening Is Just.... Wow

[@worldlinezero4783]

Chill with the capitals dawg lol

[@kingteddieP4]

I feel like he mentioned stand proud instead because they both have stands

[@mihailoivanovic9661]

​@@kingteddieP4 yea but especially with the spin and pull away it looks more like the joooooojo moment in sono chi no sadame

[@Cri_Jackal]

Almost every shot in this OP pays homage to a previous opening. The scene with the cast being protrayed in colored silhouettes references Part 2's opening, and Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town to a degree too. The shots of the characters looking up at the starry sky is a VERY ON THE NOSE reference to Stand Proud. Pucci posing with Dio's children parallels the Pillar Men's group poses in Bloody Stream as well. The action shot of all the characters attacking combines the choreography of Stand Proud and Fighting Gold, with Emporio firing his Ghost Gun lining up similarly to Mista firing his revolver. When Jolyne and Pucci stand off at the end, they strike poses at each other with a similar rhythm to Joseph and Caeser posing when facing the Pillar Men in a shot from Bloody Stream. Edit: also, it just occurred to me that you somehow missed that the shot of the clock flipping upside down is referencing the C-Moon fight and its ability to flip around the direction of gravity. But that shot is ALSO a reference to Traitor's Requiem, which has a similar scene of a shot flipping upside down.

[@insideout096]

Also the pendant falls like the red stone of Aja at the end there, just something I noticed.

[@tommarvolo7501]

Your comment deserves more attention

[@theblackclown2020]

Jolyne spin into pucci kinda reminds me of the statue that spins in part ones opening never seen no one point this out strangely.

[@CringeBruhovski]

@@insideout096 It actually falls like a stone mask

[@justahuman5333]

If you look closely at the imagery of all the joestars, you can see that on Johnathan's is the sun, which kinda represents hamon but also that his is the first one to fight/have the curse to fight evil. He's basically the dawn whereas jolyne is the dusk/ setting of the joestar bloodline in this universe

[@Chimiurchungus]

I loved this song as soon as I heard it. I can understand why some people didnt like it at first, but if you know whats gonna happen, it will hit hard.

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

Just another note: the final scene with Jolyne facing off against Pucci does not (only) mirror the ending of Stand Proud opening, but even more so the final scene with Jonathan facing off against Dio, also with the subsequent zooming out in a spiral to then have Jolyine's pendant (symbol of the Joestar) instead of the stone mask (which I see as a symbol of Dio's curse, albeit being crafted by Kars). If one thinks about it, it is more significant for the final showdown of this Jojoverse to exactly go back where everything started, and you also noticed the constant callbacks of Heaven's Falling Down imagery to Sono Chi no Sadame.

[@IggyBitz]

I noticed the panels in the new op were different Like old buff Josuke in comparison to his new leaner design in Sono Chi No Sadame Like it's the newer art style going to the older style in a new universe

[@blueeyeddrago3540]

I love how the anime version of the ending of stone ocean included FF because she wasn't there originally in the manga. Why that's important is because FF shares a role in the story with the main cast even if it's for a little while. It's also because maybe somewhere in the new timeline, FF could be living their life peacefully in the waters.

[@Brunooo1327]

5:13 like in Stand Proud, we go upwards too in the last part of So No Chi No Sadame when Jonathan tries to hit Dio with the fire hamon and Dio tries to dodge it.

[@megachair2]

with the end of anime adaption of jojo, i wanna say thanks, ive done my fair share of bugging you with the whole "araki forgot part 8" stuff, but it's always been a joy when i see you have a new upload! i wont mention other jojo youtubers but you put more than enough effort into the content you produce than the rest of them, i'll be looking forward to more jojo, and i'll be looking forward to more hammon beat!!

[@user-bb7vy8sv8l]

You missed how when it shows each protagonist from Jonathan to Jolyne you can hear the sound effect of each protagonists ability

[@virginsaint]

Kinda realized that Stone Ocean it's a reference to the myth of Orpheus through this opening song. Found it due that majority of translations, they use god of madness or god of insanity in the first chorus, which fits a Greek god called Dionysus and so take that both loses loved to a snake, pass through hell to get them back, fail and dies to a follower of someone with Dio in it's name.

[@panna7241]

Picture this: Cut to black, suddenly we're in the middle of the desert with nobody to be seen. A figure is running towards the camera, we don't catch a glimpse of whose face is it, but it's clearly a male holding something in his hand as the beginning of Roundabout begins to play. He continues on his path towards another figure in the distance, this time a female. A panning shot from top to bottom, slowly turning so we can finally see the man's face. It's none other than Sandman. TO BE CONTINUED. (I know it's not happening because they're not connected but c'mon that'd be sick.)

[@kirbyofthestarsfan]

The shot with the characters attacking also takes its aesthetics from the start of the C Moon fight, as they're jumping atop cars flipping with gravity, and Pucci is standing in the tiled floor of Kennedy Space Station

[@whatthebeardoin3160]

I don't know if Hamon Beat will ever see this comment, as I'm a bit late to his Part 6 anime breakdowns, and especially late to his part 6 Araki Forgot manga video, but I have a question that's been nagging me about the finale with Pucci with regards to Jotaro's capacity to fight him. I won't rehash tired Star Finger memes, but in Part 3, I remember it being established that Star Platinum could catch things faster than a bullet that Jotaro couldn't properly perceive or react to in time. Now, obviously this could be a weird translation or me misunderstanding, but during the initial encounters with Made in Heaven, Pucci is said to be moving at around 300 times his normal speed, and is running somewhere around 300 kph, they even make reference to that being the speed of a bullet train. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but we're more than capable of seeing and perceiving something moving that fast, even if we can't normally react to it. And bullets move at approximately 2736 kph, or 370ish meters per second. If Star Platinum can catch a bullet an inch from Jotaro's head when it's moving that fast, then why can't he hit Pucci on the rooftop or during the encounters near the wrecked shuttle? Obviously the moment in the water Pucci is too fast, but what's with the sudden weird discrepancy where Star Platinum seems way slower in Part 6 than we've been told it is?

[@DevilishGamer1010]

U forgot about the sound affects being used in the final ver of the op. They used Giorno’s Gold Experience stand sound effect and the Hamon being used

[@THEDeathWizard87]

The way the title appears in front of a starry background also is the same as the end of “end of the world” and it’s also a reference to the end of the universe caused by made in heaven

[@BasilNeverForever]

Also can say, that the way the title of the Stone Ocean appears in second version of "Heavens falling down" is simmilar to the "End of The World", second opening of Stardust Crusaders, where the title of the series in opening's end is appears in simmilliar way and with the almost identical effect

[@katamas832]

4:42 I think what's truly beautiful about this scene is the symbolism of this generation long fight between Dio and the Joestars. Every one of them struggled to clean up Dio's mess (Only exception being the Pillar men, but Staizo before that was one of Dio's mess, that Joseph had to deal with) , and now it is Jolyne's turn to face the last remnant of Dio, Father Pucci. It's Jolyne's turn, and her responsibility to end this.

[@Lime-AID]

Dark determination, just wait 6 years and we can see Valentines ass animated

[@woodburn9539]

I also liked how in the opening they used the Manga colour pallates for Jolyne and Pucci!

[@pikminman13]

i think this one just had an unfortunate peg down having the weight of no unique opening for the second act, its good, it just had to overcome that weight first.

[@valleyluvsU]

I loved the opening, both versions ☺️

[@Theamz]

The whole sequence of made in heaven is a 10/10. Will definitely miss part 6.

[@JenelcoAnimations]

Nice!

[@Dinky-Ayulo]

Araki forgot moment with the requiem arrow

[@samsparadox4710]

either I'm deaf or he didn't mention how there is a key object of each part showcased during the showcase of the main jojos at 5:05, you can barely see a stone mask, followed by young joseph and the aja stone, then jotaro, josuke and giorno with a stand arrow, and lastly dio's bone right before jolyne

[@kingn0ah377]

WAIT SHE WORKED ON THAT ONE MP100 OPENING

[@MultiERIC1973]

Definitely the ost i like the least,but i am in love with the visuals

[@Magnet_Chaos]

My only complain is that there was no C-Moon version of the opening.

[@lilchrisscope]

🙋🏽‍♂️anime only here, just wanted to say i really enjoyed part 6 i’ve heard it’s controversial in the jojo community, don’t know how true that is, but i loved it the stands keep getting cooler every season

[@yumithehunter6292]

Episode 1: damn this song is ass. Episode 3 HEAVENS FALLING DOWN!!!! THE SKY IS BREAKING OUT BUT I KNOW I WILL SURVIVE!!!!! UNTIL THE END OF TIME

[@mangarotti]

Not gonna lie, being an anime only I was disappointed to see all this focus on Jolyne facing against Pucci, just to see her die, I mean, it wasn't wrong, she did face off against him, it's just that she died, so I can't feel all that exited seeing the final version of the OP

[@saintdamasco2686]

An interesting detail to me was the panel with all the protagonists being a subtle reference to the STAND PROUD panel that showed Holy's stand alongside every Joestar member so far. They even mirrored the vines with Jolyne's strings. Super cool.

[@princefado]

That's exactly what I thought! It's such a beautiful shot.

[@PrixtoTNT]

It's similar

[@petruciosxd1374]

Which is also referenced in the other part 6 opening as a direct sequel, but here it repeats with every protagonist one by one, only after Made in Heaven hijacks the opening.

[@ariesdemiurge]

They made the right choice saving V2 for just the final episode. Really made it hit extra hard with that *this is the end* energy.

[@mdsystems4463]

Two small details: 1: Part of Perla's body is actually visible in the first version of the opening if you pay attention to the clouds. 2: In the final shot of that version, there is a snail carved in stone, referencing Heavy Weather.

[@tommarvolo7501]

I just realised the first version is just perla's suicide scene covered by the cloud. Look at the tree

[@petruciosxd1374]

@@tommarvolo7501 Wait, I just remembered the fact that you can say honestly Weather's memory is "clouded" or "cloudy", that really is just something that word means normally, huh. Damn, can't believe English exists.

[@TheTurdle]

Also during the section where they're all attacking Pucci's shadow is actually DIO.

[@TheTurdle]

Also during the section where they're all attacking Pucci's shadow is actually DIO.

[@TheBongoDrums]

help i can’t find it

[@phantomauri]

At 5:20, the pendant falls in the water the same way the Stone mask did in phantom bloods OP

[@Vyhox2000]

The final shot of Jolyne punching Pucci is actually a reference to Jonathan punching Dio in the first op. She aims at the same location, and has the same burning fist

[@TheDon7117]

Love how we finally got to see Josuke and Giorno animated by Kamikaze Douga.

[@GalekC]

I also love that we got to briefly see manga Swolsuke

[@NightmareZerogbs]

WHEN???

[@CoolManCoolMan123]

@@NightmareZerogbs they are talking about the drawings of them during the Joestar bloodline wheel. These people think it was 3D

[@TheExFatal]

Those were drawings, not 3D models

[@thunderjew7383]

2:45 another one people either dont think its worth mentioning or miss is that in this scene the camera flips 180 from where the other characters are standing, showing pucci standing on the ceiling relative to them, with objects falling upward, foreshadowing C Moon

[@kingcrimson0810]

I think it also references Traitor’s Requiem when the backdrop goes upside down

[@urgent4943]

I never noticed Yukako’s dark determination before, that’s a super cool detail

[@SpongeCakeJ]

I think "Heavens Falling Down" is hands down the most pleasing OP. It gives JoJo fans everything they wanted from parts 1 to 6. It not only references every part prior but gives us that classic manga panel flip from Jonathan all they way to Jolyne now taking his place as the final descendant. It encapsulates everything about Stone Ocean, to its themes and characters. I really love it a lot. Especially that final sequence with the pendant traveling to the Irene universe. They really knocked it out of the park. 💚🦋

[@jamespescicharles]

The final opening hit hard i think we can all agree that we didn’t like it at first but now love it😭😭

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Yeah it walked the line of “Ew what is this?!” “Atleast it ain’t chase” “Hmm its getting a little catchy” “😫🎶🎵🎶🎵” Edit: I don’t mind Chase cool your jets people

[@itsBrunden]

I agree it didn’t hit at first but I feel like the intro was more of a “iykyk” type of intro

[@KnightK51]

​@@hitrapperandartistdababy what's up with people shitting on Chase so much

[@SnipingIsAGoodJobMate]

I still have chase as my favorite opening, but yes, this is at least a top 3 opening

[@mrunknown138]

I loved it regardless, I’m just glad we got a really good and different intro

[@ramothyreal]

The final opening was incredible and such a beautiful homage to the whole show

[@renav.3239]

Given the ultimate goal of Made in Heaven was to cycle through the entire universe and back to the start, allowing people to live their lives with an innate knowing of the path they'd take, I find it really REALLY cool that they went back to the Joestar mansion in the final opening. It works not only as an homage to the series but as a way of showing what MiH does; causes a new universe where things will happen again, although differently (in particular for those who died to Made in Heaven)

[@HayatoStarGod]

When I was waiting for Stone Ocean's anime adaptation, I wanted the final OP to reference _Sono Chi no Sadame_ and the other OPs to pay homage to the whole series. _Heaven's Falling Down_ did not disappoint me : in fact, it's way better than everything I imagined. For me, who started JoJo exactly 5 years ago, reading the manga and watching the anime were a fantastic Adventure.

[@yasinshehata]

I've always liked the opening animation style

[@somecanadianboy667]

CGI

[@yasinshehata]

@@somecanadianboy667 all digital animation is computer generated

[@literallyh.1091]

Another small detail: In Jotaro's memory, The world is shown having the left side of it's body being destroyed, kinda like how DIO was defeated

[@godarm7493]

05:06 you can also heard Hamon sounds between Jonathan and Joseph and sound of stand ability being used by Jotaro, Josuke, and Giorno as well. The little detail, i am telling you.

[@ivanbluecool]

I also really liked the ending in the finale. Really felt like a close to this part of the Jojo verse anime

[@MoominTri]

Seeing a new hamon beat video always makes my day! One of my favorite jojo centric channels

[@Hydro_236]

One detail I haven't seen anyone mention is that in the 2nd version of Heaven's Falling Down, all the credits have the same glitchy, purple-silver aura that Pucci has when he's using Made in Heaven to move around at high speeds. Also, in both versions, the way that the credits appear and disappear looks like string being stitched and unravelled, like when Jolyne uses Stone Free's string.

[@supmichael]

This opening has become my favourite in the series, especially because of that 2nd version

[@shinyagumon7015]

The opening was just great. Absolutely fantastic

[@il3fortunato664]

You missed also the punch that Stone Free gives to Pucci and Mih in opening version 2 is an homage to the punch of Jonathan on Dio in Sono Chi no Sadame. Missing a segment like that it's bizarre...

[@dannyalian]

Babe wake up, hamon beat posted

[@epRivera]

Thinking about it... Jolyne saw Jotaro's memories. She might've seen her conception

[@adamroquemore6410]

that final OP is absolutely my favorite one in the whole series now. It's gonna be a hard one to top if and when we get SBR animated.

[@bobcorn6750]

At 5:17, when the pendant is falling, I would say that's a reference to when the stone mask was falling in the water in Sono Chi No Sadame. It's debatable, though.

[@RfHide]

I love these type of videos and honestly can never get tired of them! I actually noticed some things too and would like to hear other people's thoughts? At 1:28, with both the color scheme and it falling into her hand, I strongly feel like that was a subtle homage to Bloody Stream when the hands are trying to get the stone. Also when Jolyne is sitting with the universe behind her at 1:36, It feels like Joseph's "CESAAAR" part in Bloody Stream as well. As well as when Weather Report is turning, at 2:25, he's in the same pose as "Heavy Weather" before standing up which shows his true awakening I also think the whole character fighting sequence at 2:40 could reference Fighting Gold; it had similar patterns and relations in my opinion. Lastly, this could be a reach, but the color schemes of the Security Camera with Colorful Silhouettes of the characters in the 1:53 area remind me of CNBT and Chase. Could just be a coincidence though. All of these could be reaches but idk they reminded me of the other openings haha.

[@SnipingIsAGoodJobMate]

The "Heaven's falling down" part of the song goes so hard, turns the song from a 6 to a 9 for me

[@akeshu77]

My opinion on this op kind of reflects how I thought about jojo as a whole The first time hearing it I was like this is so mid (just like when I saw part one) A couple episodes in and I hear this op and yeah this is pretty cool I guess A few more and I slowly end up loving it At the end, it made me cry Thank you DP for creating such beautiful openings SBR HYPE!!!

[@user-tw5qx3k3hj]

I'm so glad Part 6 got the love it deserved with the anime. It's always been among my favorite.

[@vikscast]

When everything speeds up then the logo appears kind of symbolises the old universe being left behind, but showing the clash between Jolyne and Pucci also symbolises the Joestars battle with Dio is also left behind for good. Jolyne is reborn as Irene, but she's forever eternal.

[@PaintSplashProductions]

Seeing all the panels from Jonathan to Jolyne nearly made me tear up. Jonathan would be so proud of her

[@error404idnotfound3]

I think you forgot to mention the fossilized snails in the final shot of the normal op.

[@ringkunmori]

I was disappointed they didn't ask Shoko Nakagawa to sing one of the op. Imagine the Jotaro fan girl singing the op to the final part with Jotaro in it.

[@kingteddieP4]

When star platinum genuinely looked scared I was like “OH SHIIIIT”

[@Ver_batim]

Anyone else find star platinums reaction to the time being cut short hilarious

[@thattonnatoguywithafez8246]

I feel like the final ep version of opening should have played 1 or 2 episodes earlier, with another adittional changes for final ep. Maybe just me but it feels slightly weird having said opening that late even though much of it is already in effect.

[@DJ4461]

I think in the manga in part 4, jotaro (vs kira) shows something akin to dark determination. I could be wrong tho

[@peetr1283]

I'm gonna say it, best op.

[@bonssimple857]

One thing about the panels fascinate me is that in Sono Chi No Sadame, The Panels are just the protagonist posing and stand rushing while in Heaven's falling down, it shows the triumphs of the protagonists against their antagonist edit: literally this opening is like TouHou's Bad apple for the JoJo, its a love letter for the JoJo fans for sticking with the series

[@Milovely]

A truly masterpiece and Part 6 did hit differently. Ciao all JoJos and Joestar bloodline we had so far :(

[@MisterIncog]

I will have to disagree strongly with you on this one. Non-final version of op didn't have almost any details, not to speak of subtle ones. The only mildly cool detail is moon phases. Apart from that, the opening was as basic as jojo opening can get: wow it's main characters and their backstory, how original (insert squidward face here). And all "hommage" is very surface-level as well. Final version is drastically better, of course, implementing the idea all the community was waiting for (going through previous ops because universe resets + legacy). Musically - very boring as well. Sana's vocals are as good as always, I guess... almost no complexity from instruments part. Didn't feel connected to any particular feelings throughout this season (unlike 1st op), didn't feel like jojo op at all, and that says a lot concidering how diverse jjba ops are.

[@carloscauan7967]

Kamikaze Douga is too good....

[@phodopusliker27]

i think youre a weird person but your videos are awesome and go into depth nicely i always enjoy them and sometimes learning things i didnt know

[@richarddesouza9593]

Hey @Hamon Beat, i love your videos and the greater expansion and influences of jojo...will you perhaps consider making your version of a jojo iceberg video?

[@skyfishgaming69]

Something I noticed in the normal op is that during the character "montage", they're all falling in a non-sensical direction, whilst Pucci is standing on solid ground, foreshadowing the gravity effect of C-moon

[@Hello-bg8hv]

Love to see top 3 or 2 jojo part get some love. If only Netflix didn’t distort the hype. 6>5

[@tessieract]

It took a few episodes for me to get into this op, but it grew heavily on me. I'd say it's lower on my jojo op rankings, but is solid and the v2 is really well done.

[@nanoco1000]

Another more subtle change in the final episode's opening is that the credit texts are all wibbly, and have the same effects as pucci when he was in the accelerated time

[@Osmanthus_wine.1]

In the opening, the part when Pucci speeds up time, if you pay close attention to Jotaro's face. He is shocked because his time stop duration was so short.

[@thecake6635]

I think with the SBR opening, there will be no callbacks

[@King_Kazma03]

2:37 this is also a reference to c moons stand ability

[@Brendanj101]

What's cool about 5:17 is it also pays homage to the first OP as well with the zoom out of the manor.

[@soap_bubbles]

Hello, I actually wanted to raise a point I've seen in several different Stone Ocean-related comments sections and I hope you can clarify or check this. People say that Jotaro's timestop being shortened by Pucci is actually a translation error, and Jotaro is actually just saying that his time stop is simply not long enough to act against Pucci. The evidence to back up their claim is that Jotaro counts down from 5 during time stop and states outright that his time stop is five seconds long throughout the final battle. However, if that's the case, how did that slip past the Japanese animators for the special opening, which as you said, depicts the time stop being shorter? Jojo fans have a reputation for spreading false information, but in this case I'm actually not sure what to believe and who is wrong.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

An era of JoJo is over. Loved every bit

[@Vol170]

Yo HamonBeat is seriously trying to get a degree in JOJOLOGY.

[@zekpowerz2360]

Good to see all the previous JoJo's getting recognized well outside of their parts. Very cool DP and Araki

[@syami5631]

the final opening literally jojo references in jojo

[@toorusatorou89]

Waiting for JoJolands announcement vid

[@enricocoochie3113]

Another thing about the scene with Jolyne and pucci is that I believe it also references the famous manga panel of jotaro approaching dio

[@FENUSfenux]

Never clicked faster in my life Also first lol

[@comixproviderftw_02]

That op legit made me gasp when the homage happened

[@Woke-eater]

The final opening is my favorite one yet

[@hurt6145]

based profile pic

[@iannijimura3608]

Best opening

[@Javake]

Covered with an “ora”

[@TheAzuremavrick]

Pointing out things that may be in other comments: Everything speeds up after Jotaro's Time Stop is cut short including the song (Watch the clock tower too). Everyone falling upward is a reference to C-Moon's ability warping gravity. Everything crumbling is Made in Heaven erasing the timeline. The scene showing each Joestar also includes whatever item they were chasing or dealing with. Jonathan with the Stone Mask, Joseph with the Red Stone of Aja, Jotaro and Jolyne with DIO's bone, and Josuke and Giorno with the Arrow. When they're attacking Pucci while falling up, you can see the map of Florida in the background.

[@TwojaStaraIFrytki]

I know there are no chances, but....I'd love to see next parts made into anime

[@BaconBlitzz]

Why would there not be any chances? I think it's entirely doable for Steel Ball Run and JoJolion to be animated, by David Productions or otherwise.

[@TwojaStaraIFrytki]

@@BaconBlitzz i heard rumors that this part will be the last one to get animated

[@heckincat1406]

@@TwojaStaraIFrytki it's not, but it might take a while. Horses are hard to animate which part 7 relies a lot on in the manga.

[@renren47618]

@@TwojaStaraIFrytki It will take a long time for them to make It because of CGI horses But i'm afraid that maybe they will go for the Berserk anime route and make Part 7 full CG....(They could use the visuals from the openings on it tho)